When I Look At You Poem by James McLain

When I look at you, the world grows still,
My heart, so steady, forgets to beat;
The stars tremble on the shadowed hill,
And the air is scented soft and sweet.

Your eyes hold the depths of sky and sea,
Pools of night that cradle the stars,
And I am lost in your quiet plea
Of your gaze that shimmers through night's bars.

First love, beneath the silver moon,
We stand, so close, yet worlds apart—
A breathless spell cast all too soon,
Till I feel the silence hush my heart.

In you, all things begin anew,
And in the stillness, I breathe for two.